Longing for an AI Winter—Beyond Techno-Utopia, Towards a Return of the Personal

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ID19228040
AutoresJeroen De Kloet (0000-0003-2314-5424, University of Amsterdam, autor de correspondencia)
Año2026
Volumen11
Número1
Páginas136-144
Fecha de publicación2026-02-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlobal Media and China (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2059-4364 • E-ISSN: 2059-4372
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/20594364261426921
OpenAlexW7129081098
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas19

As a technology that is not yet stabilized and may never be, anxieties and expectations around AI are circulating rapidly. They often oscillate between utopian and dystopian framings, in which AI is either framed as the savior or as the ultimate danger. This resonates with discourses surrounding the internet in its early days. We are not witnessing the first AI hype or myth; earlier summers and winters happened in the second half of the 20th century. In its focus on what AI can do and produce, contemporary discourse is complicit with meritocracy, privileging outcomes over process. How to resist, twist, or ignore the workings of AI and its impact? This article argues for a refocus on the process of reading, writing, and working together, in which the articulation of one’s own voice is pivotal

Agency (philosophy) · Articulation (sociology) · Dystopia · Focus (optics) · Process (computing) · Digital Education and Society · Digital Media and Philosophy · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

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